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Citi appoints Victor Alexiev to global head of D10X ICG

29 October 2021 Singapore
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

As the global head of D10X institutional clients group (ICG), Victor Alexiev will lead a team to accelerate the development of new solutions and will continue to work closely with teams across the business to identify new opportunity spaces

Broadridge announces go-live of global proxy sub-custody services in Switzerland

28 October 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

This release aims to enhance services provided to investors by enabling early receipt of issuer-verified event announcements, improved voting deadlines, and power of attorney services for both bearer and registered shares

Refinitiv launches regulated Tokyo Swap Rate to facilitate industry transition from LIBOR

28 October 2021 Tokyo
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Tokyo Swap Rate is accessible on Refinitiv products including Workspace, Eikon, DataScope and Refinitie Real-Time for swaps referencing the Tokyo Overnight Average Rate (TONA)

EquiLend enhances Premium Pulse transaction data service

28 October 2021 US
Reporter: SFT

According to EquiLend, Premium Pulse offers real-time information on more than 75,000 trades per day, bridging global equities and global fixed income updated around the clock

B. Riley Financial hires Christopher Gillespie

27 October 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Christopher Gillespie has been appointed director of equity finance at B. Riley Financial’s New York office

European Commission issues banking legislative package, finalising Basel III implementation in EU

27 October 2021 EU
Reporter: Bob Currie

Review of the Capital Requirements Regulation and Capital Requirements Directive aims to make banks more resilient to economic shocks, while facilitating transition to carbon neutrality and supporting recovery from the pandemic

ISLA publishes French version of ‘Framing securities lending for the sustainability era’

27 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The white paper produced jointly by ISLA and law firm Allen & Overy, looks at the role of lending in the transition to a sustainable economy and how ISLA is supporting that process

FIA Tech expands reference data offering

27 October 2021 United Kingdom
Reporter: Jenna Lomax

FIA Tech has expanded its reference data offering with three new services in an effort to help increase efficiency in the futures markets

RIMES to acquire Matrix IDM

27 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

The acquisition will bring together managed data services and analytics technology to help asset owners, institutional investors, asset managers and service providers solve data problems

BCBS, CPMI and IOSCO launch consultation on margin practices

26 October 2021 Switzerland
Reporter: Bob Currie

Joint report on margin practices finds that daily CCP VM calls surged from US$25 billion in January and February 2020 to US$140 billion during March, while collateral pre-positioned at CCPs jumped 40 per cent

MUFG hires Leonard Buccellato as head of trade support

26 October 2021 US
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Leonard Buccellato will take charge of Mitsubishi UFJ Investor Services’ trade support group in New York

Global PSSL clarifies its position on securities lending trade associations collaboration

25 October 2021 UK
Reporter: Carmella Haswell

Radek Stech, founder and CEO of Global PSSL, indicates that Global PSSL is not a trade association, it is a not-for-profit organisation, and it has not been invited to participate in the securities lending trade associations working group

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